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Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual - 2012

Vehicle Care

10-1

Vehicle Care

General Information

General Information . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
California Proposition

65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

California Perchlorate

Materials Requirements . . . . 10-3

Accessories and

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Vehicle Checks

Doing Your Own

Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Engine Compartment

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-10
Automatic Transmission Fluid

(4-Speed Transmission) . . . 10-11

Automatic Transmission

Fluid (6-Speed
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Manual Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . 10-18

Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . 10-24
Overheated Engine

Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27

Engine Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . 10-28
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Noise Control System . . . . . . 10-37
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . 10-38
Automatic Transmission Shift

Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39

Ignition Transmission Lock

Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39

Park Brake and P (Park)

Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-40

Wiper Blade

Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40

Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-41

Headlamp Aiming

Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 10-41

Bulb Replacement

Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Headlamps, Front Turn

Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44

Pick-Up Box Identification

and Fender Marker
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45

Taillamps (Chassis Cab

Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45

Taillamps, Turn Signal,

Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46

Center High-Mounted

Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46

License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . 10-47
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . 10-48

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